Dorset Roll

National Police Officers Roll of Honour

DORSET POLICE

Dorset Crest

and the former constituent forces of
Bournemouth Borough Police and Dorset Constabulary

Lest We Forget

Thomas Bishop

Police Constable

Dorset Constabulary

Died 21 September 1877, aged 37

Beaten and struck with stones by a drunken man, whom he had warned regarding his conduct on the night of 20 September at Bere Regis,
sustaining a fractured skull from which he died the following morning.

Sidney George Wood

Police Constable

Dorset Constabulary

Died 26 April 1908, aged 27

While he was searching for a thief, he lost control of his bicycle when descending a steep hill at Charmouth, his machine crashed and he
sustained a fractured jaw and skull and died soon afterwards.

Wilfred Charles Viney

Police Constable

Dorset Constabulary

Died 25 July 1930, aged 31

While on plain-clothes duty, attached to the new special night patrol at Weymouth, he was riding pillion on a police motorcycle at midnight
on 24 July, when it crashed into a wall and he was fatally injured.

Sidney F. Loader

Police Constable

Dorset Constabulary

Died 8 September 1938, aged 40

Died as a result of a broken pelvis and severe injuries received in a road
traffic accident on 6 September, when he was in collision with
a car whilst cycling round his beat at Winterborne Abbas.

Alfred E. Head

Police Constable

Dorset Constabulary

Died 19 October 1938, aged 46

Died as a result of injuries received on 13 October, whilst cycling to give evidence at court, when he ran into the rear of a stationary lorry in bad
weather at Poole and an overhanging timber struck him in the chest.

Stanley Ivor Marsh

Police Constable

Dorset Constabulary

Died 9 February 1939, aged 24

Died from an illness resulting from injuries received in an accident
when attempting to stop a motor car some 12 months earlier.

Walter Charles Billett

Reserve Police Constable

Dorset Constabulary
Died 5 July 1940, aged 61

While cycling to report for duty at Poole in the blackout,
he fell from his bicycle and died shortly afterwards.

Ronald Mayne Roffey

Police Sergeant
Bournemouth Borough Police
Died 22 August 1956, aged 37

Drowned attempting to save his only child, a girl aged 13, who got into difficulties bathing whilst the family was on holiday in Jersey,
he swam out to her assistance but both perished.

Cecil Robert Budden

Police Constable

Dorset Constabulary

Died 19 May 1957, aged 27

Fatally injured, when he sustained a fractured skull in a collision with a
car in a road traffic accident, while on motorcycle patrol near Yeovilton.

Kenneth Frederick Innell

Inspector

Dorset Police

Died 13 December 1982, aged 44

Collapsed and died during an incident while on duty at Poole Quay.

Sean Oxford

Special Constable

Dorset Police

Died 7 May 1992, aged 21

Collapsed and died while taking part in warm up exercises prior
to self defence training at Police Headquarters, Winfrith.

Stephen Wilson

Police Constable

Dorset Police

Died 16 May 1996, aged 37

Died as a result of complications of severe leg injuries sustained in a road traffic accident on 4 May, when his moped was in collision with a car which turned across his path, while travelling to report for night duty at Christchurch.

Ian Leslie Toomer

Inspector

Dorset Police

Died 20 April 1999, aged 50

Fatally injured in a road accident during the early hours, when he lost
control of his unmarked police vehicle, which crashed into a cottage
in wet weather near Winterborne Abbas.

Robin Povall

Detective Constable
Dorset Police

Died 7 March 2003, aged 50

While cycling home from duty at Weymouth he was in collision with a car,
which had turned across his path, and he sustained fatal injuries.

Ian James Morton

Detective Constable
Dorset Police

Died 26 October 2008, aged 32

Died following a road traffic collision, while travelling to report for duty at Bournemouth in the early morning, when his vehicle left the road and crashed into the wall of a bungalow at Highcliffe.

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